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WHEN SKIES ARE GREY – every goal, every game, the definitive account of the coronavirus affected 2019/2020 season, Frank Lampard’s first campaign as Chelsea manager.
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TALES OF THE (CHELSEA) UNEXPECTED - 40 Chelsea matches against 31 different teams and a series of outcomes, final scores and subsequent events that nobody could have ever predicted.
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LET THE CELERY DECIDE – a Chelsea tale from Barcelona and Munich. One ticket to the Champions League final, three friends… who gets to go to the game?
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THE ULTIMATE UNOFFICIAL CHELSEA QUIZ BOOK 1905 quiz questions to test your knowledge of the Blues.
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ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM QUIZ AND TRIVIA BOOK – 101 questions to test your knowledge of the Three Lions.
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BLUE DAYS – the transformation of Chelsea under Glenn Hoddle, Ruud Gullit and Gianluca Vialli.
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LIQUIDATOR - Chelsea’s 1969-1970 season revisited and intertwined with massive emotional slabs of real life, music, love and following the Blues across several generations.
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BLUE ARMY - Blue Army tells the stories of the 25 most important players in Chelsea’s history. From Fatty Foulke to Didier Drogba this fully illustrated book looks at the impact each player had at the club. £1 from each sale is being donated to the Alzheimer’s Society.
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STAMFORD BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN - In May 1971 Chelsea won the Cup Winners' Cup in Athens, following their FA Cup triumph twelve months earlier. Four seasons later they were relegated, with the club in a financial morass. This book is a forensic account of what happened.
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CHELSEA: IF TWITTER WAS AROUND WHEN.... - A wry look at Chelsea’s history through a social media perspective. Using the new genre of #SocialMockumedia this book explores how people may have reacted to real events in real time. With contributions from over 100 Blues fans from Twitter this book takes a trip down memory lane, via Stamford Bridge, through online interaction.
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CULT FICTION - Cult Fiction chronicles one of the most bizarre campaigns in Blues history enabling the reader to relive the drama on and off the pitch. In keeping with Chelsea’s glorious and unpredictable traditions the season concludes with Europa League glory… and Sarri departing shortly after.
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BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED - Carol Ann Wood’s Chelsea season in verse – Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – chronicles in poetry the ups and downs, the hopes, despairs and frustrations, the moments of joy and the periods of head-scratching bafflement of the season-long, managerial reign of Maurizio Sarri at the Club.
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100 MEMORABLE MATCHES - Chelsea is a culture and a community where stories are shared, legends are remembered and the history lives on through its fans. It is hoped that this record of 100 memorable matches will help the next generation feel part of that community and continue to gain their own memories along the way.
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WHERE WERE YOU WHEN WE WERE SHOCKING - The A to Z of Chelsea "Where Were You When We Were Shocking?' is a selection of Neil Smith's memories from just a few of the now (July 2018) in excess of 2000 Chelsea matches he has attended. It is also a look back at some of the occurrences he witnessed that in some way shaped his life.

Thoughtful, funny, away-day reminiscences on days spent supporting the Blues, and how the less important things in life very nearly get in the way.’

Rick Glanvill
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ARRIVEDERCI ANTONIO - The follow up to the 2017 Chelsea best seller, The Italian Job, Arrivederci Antonio chronicles Conte’s gut-wrenching and drawn out demise at the Bridge from a supporter’s perspective. Alleged boardroom wrangling’s, missed transfer targets, fall outs with the boys from Brazil, fall outs with Jose Mourinho, false 9 experiments, suffering without the ball, suffering with the ball, the search for the ‘perfect game’, embarrassing defeats… and one final two-fingers-up-at-the-world-style grandstand victory at Wembley make for the type of gloriously unpredictable rollercoaster ride that only Chelsea ever embark on.
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CAREFREE - Carefree! is a detailed exploration of the chants, songs and terrace culture associated with Chelsea Football Club. Hugh Hastings’ brilliant cover photograph and an illuminating foreword by Chelsea legend Kerry Dixon set the scene while access to the previously unpublished memoirs of legendary Chelsea supporter Mick Greenaway and interviews with old-school faces and the youth of today entwined with their own personal experiences enable Mark and Walter to paint a vivid description of the events that led to the birth of The Shed and the many changes that have followed.
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THE ITALIAN JOB- Glorious unpredictability is an expression that Chelsea author and season ticket holder Mark Worrall coined some time ago to describe the nerve-shredding drama that regularly envelops Stamford Bridge... be that snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, or turning adversity into triumph. The Italian Job, a Chelsea thriller starring Antonio Conte (part one) recounts in diary-format exactly how the Italian took glorious unpredictability to another level. With more outrageous plot twists than a Hitchcock thriller, week-by-week, game-by-game the tension mounts as the 2016/17 season heads towards a suspenseful conclusion.
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EDDIE MAC - Set against a gloomy backdrop of economic recession, trouble on the terraces, and a football club on the verge of bankruptcy, Eddie Mac, Eddie Mac forensically details how Eddie McCreadie placed his faith in young players and achieved promotion to Division One in 1977. Cheered on by the burgeoning hordes that went by the name of Eddie McCreadie’s Blue and White Army, Chelsea were back and seemingly set for great things -- but suddenly Eddie left. Why? The supporters were both perplexed and saddened --- the media didn't really have a clue. There were rumours about a row over a company car, but no-one ever got to know the real reason -- until now.

In his own inspiring words, McCreadie details his time as Blues boss and explains why he left. Fascinating interviews with players of the day who clearly revered him paint a picture of a maverick manager ahead of his time, while comedian Omid Djalili sets the scene from a supporters’ perspective with an insightful foreword.
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DIAMONDS, DYNAMOS & DEVILS - Tommy Docherty managed Chelsea FC for six tumultuous years. Between 1961 and 1967 he got hired, relegated, promoted, lauded, let down, criticised, vilified, backed, victimised and fined. His departure was in keeping with much of his time at Chelsea – controversial and played out in newspaper headlines.

Garrulous, volatile, unpredictable, impulsive, innovative, intensely competitive, highly talented and much-loved by Chelsea supporters, ‘The Doc’ won one trophy for The Blues and was close to winning plenty more. He transformed and modernised the club, built a highly-regarded young team from the ashes he inherited but over time he fell out with, and sold, key players. In the end, amid gathering controversy, his parting was probably inevitable.

Diamonds, Dynamos and Devils utilises extensive newspaper and book research to examine all of these and more, and draws a series of conclusions about one of the most exciting periods in Chelsea history. It also includes an exclusive recent interview with The Doc, whose talent for expressing trenchant views remains undimmed.

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POPPY - It’s February 1982. Poppy is terminally ill and lies dying in a London hospital writing letters to her unborn children. When the twins are born, Frank comes first. Harry follows clutching Frank’s ankle and it’s been that way ever since. Poppy doesn’t pull through and the twins’ Father, Saul, is in prison for life.

Fast forward two decades and the twins’ are trying to cope with a football banning order when their lives head for another massive change. Barrington, Frank and Harry’s guide and counsellor, isn’t getting any younger – nor is Uncle Jake, Saul’s older brother who brought the twins up.

One Sunday morning, Paula and her nephew Hugh come across Harry unconscious in Richmond Park. Days later, local journalist Martin is interviewing Kat, a midwife, for the London newspaper he works for. While over hearing their conversation detailing child birth, Frank connects with his Mum for the first time and he knows that his life will never be the same again. After Saul finds himself in a Purgatory of sorts, the twins leave Frank’s flat on a South London estate to take a make-or-break trip to Land’s End in Cornwall. Meeting Kat makes Frank realise he needs to kick Harry off his ankle. Similarly, Harry must be upfront with Frank about how things have progressed with Hugh. Being away from the concrete and stress of the Capital to the serene beach where their Mum’s ashes were scattered over two decades previously creates the backdrop for a twist in the plot that no-one sees coming.
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RHYME AND TREASON - Rhyme and Treason is a brilliantly unique football book in which Carol Ann Wood tells the story of Chelsea’s drama-filled 2015/16 season by way of poetry. Die-hard Blues fan Carol wrote a poem following every game of the campaign and her verses express raw emotions that every supporter, irrespective of allegiance, can readily identify with. Football fans may be irrational and biased, but they are not foolish -- and the incisive way Carol’s poems deal with the matters at hand reflect this. Rhyme and Treason is a remarkable work and a ground-breaking future classic.
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PALPABLE DISCORD - Clayton Beerman’s thought-provoking collection of thoughts and views about following Chelsea during the 2015/16 season of "palpable discord” make compelling and essential reading for any Blues fan hooked on the Stamford Bridge rollercoaster ride. Clayton writes from the heart, and his passion for Chelsea shines through as he tries to make sense in real time of what transpired during one of the most dramatic seasons in the Blues’ history. There are many professional football analysts and journalists out there who will give you chapter and verse on the Mourinho debacle and its legacy but Palpable Discord tells it like it is from a True Blue supporter’s perspective and that’s what counts.
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THIS DAMNATION - Traumatised war hero Kennedy Jones' life spirals violently out of control when he joins Uncle Manny's criminal enterprise. Involvement in a murderous plot leads to a lengthy prison sentence and the fragmentation of his family. On release, Kennedy begins to unravel the truth about his father Alec's brutal death and Manny's manipulative obsession with his mother Vera. Kennedy sets out to right the injustices of his life and win his family back, but will Manny's cunning prove too much for him?

Patriotism, Courage, Friendship, Love, Hate, Obsession, Incarceration, Murder. From the backstreets of Battersea and the Stamford Bridge terraces, to battlefields serving Crown and Country and beyond, This Damnation is a white-knuckle, page-turning ride into the abyss of madness.

"With its deep roots and deeper obsessions, this fine novel digs into notions of love and loss and longing in powerful fashion. Open 'This Damnation' and you won't be putting it down any time soon."
John King, author of 'The Football Factory' and 'Human Punk'.
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CHELSEA CHRONICLES - Chelsea Chronicles – volume five - is the fifth and final instalment in the series of ‘best of’ anthologies by Blues author Mark Worrall and comprises of articles written specifically for the legendary cfcuk fanzine and ESPN.

Relive the glory of the Premier League title campaign and winning the Capital One Cup. Endure the humiliation of losing to Bradford City in the FA Cup and the disappointment of the Champions League exit to PSG. Find out who else apart from Marouane Fellaini and Harry Kane are still lurking in Kurt Zouma’s back pocket. Poultry abuse, neglected youth and a horrible reminder of dark days past … all of this, and plenty more, can be found in the pages of Chelsea Chronicles – volume five.
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STUCK ON YOU - 'Stuck On You - a year in the life of a Chelsea supporter' is an entertaining and engaging anthology of articles written by Walter Otton which document his experiences watching the Blues during the 2014-2015 season.

Featuring additional and previously unpublished material, 'Stuck On You' sees Walter immerse himself in the barroom culture of fabled pre-match watering hole the Finborough Arms and elaborate on the sticker phenomenon which has seen self-adhesive Chelsea slogans appearing over land and sea and Leicester of course.

Football is never far away as Walter's depicts the Blues journey to Premier League glory with vivid prose as unique as the cast of characters he meets along the way.

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COMING CLEAN - Coming Clean is a compelling and tender love story about Dylan and Grace, two ordinary people who are not honest enough to say out loud what they really are.

Set against a backdrop of the harsh, unforgiving, and often seedy realm that is modern day London, Dylan and Grace are on a collision course to meet -- but the thin veneer of respectability that each of them are so protective of masks a dysfunctional morass of drug-fuelled chaos and unpleasantness. Love blossoms, but all that is joyous is not always pure.

From barroom to bedroom, via backstreets, football terraces and nightclubs Coming Clean embraces the Capital's modern popular culture -- but there is no escape for Dylan and Grace... time and truth are running out.

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MAKING HISTORY NOT RELIVING IT - "A great read about 'being Chels', about life in the Abramovich era, about trophies, trips abroad, trips to the pub, pints of Guinness, dancing with Sex Pistols and bull-fighting. Who needs a cape to fend off a bull when a rolled-up copy of Bridge News works just as well? This book is about long friendships, deep love for a club, more pints of Guinness, and always, always more trophies.''  
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"History, it is said, is written by the victors. Few fans have known victory like Chelsea supporters over the last decade. This is their history.."           
Martin Lipton, Daily Mirror

"I loved playing for Chelsea, and now I love watching Chelsea. A great club, with great supporters who know what making history means."
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THE WRONG OUTFIT - Blues supporter Al Gregg’s era-defining, when punk rock and Chelsea collide, novel The Wrong Outfit is a powerful story about a boy called Adam Nedman who grows up through the 1970's and 80's and is greatly affected by both football and Punk. From home life to football terrace (The Shed), through school days to punk chaos, Al charts Adam’s voyage of self-discovery. Is he in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or perhaps he in the right place but at the wrong moment? Adam can never quite work it out and it’s up to the reader to decide.
“At times, a journey into Punk Rock's own Heart of Darkness, Al realistically captures the moment Punk Rock finally implodes. If you want to know what it was like to be a young Punk Rocker, on the ground, at the time - you won't find a better or sharper book than this.”
Dave Parsons, Sham 69

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SHORTS - Shorts is a collection of 12 short stories that run in chronological order from the year 2000 through to 2012, concluding with an author’s note in 2013 to round up proceedings. As with The Red Hand Gang, the material is a blend of fact and fiction. Four true stories specifically track the development of the orphanage SURE24 based in Nakuru, Kenya whilst elsewhere we are invited to stand in the packed pre-match boozers sinking drinks before watching the Chels to hear Otton unleash the raw, emotional rhetoric that has tormented him over these years as he struggles digesting the purpose of life and the existence of a loving Creator.

"I am stunned by the militant philanthropic vein that runs through Walters work."
General Lucifer, Pantone Blues.

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#ROE2RO - If you take fifty one donors and add a ferry, three cars, a van full of donations then mix in fifteen lads, you end up with the short story that is #ROE2RO.
It features: A photographer; Two sons of a preacher man; Three chaps from Epsom; A couple of burnt out thirty something's; One male model; A very, very black man; Four ex gangsters and the CEO of a London charity.
It is the drive from Roehampton, South London to Soard, rural Romania. It was the author's destiny. Here is his journey. As it happened.

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OVER LAND AND SEA - First published in 2004

Over Land and Sea … a football odyssey … is the page turning, colourful and achingly funny chronicle of a group of Chelsea supporters' emotional roller coaster ride around Europe following their team's vain quest for the ultimate prize in club football.

"A must for all Chelsea Supporters and a definate 10 out of 10"
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‘Men behaving badly meets Match of the Day … Brilliant!’   Martin King

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BLUE MURDER - Money, sex, drugs, rock and roll and Chelsea Football Club, Johnny Nipper is deeply preoccupied with them all. For thirty years he’s had it all his own way, double crossing and dealing his way through life without a care in the world until the day he gets it all wrong. Wracked by guilt and in fear for his life, Nipper leaves London to begin a new life in Goa where he encounters Chopper Lewis, an old acquaintance from the Stamford Bridge terraces who persuades him to tell his vivid, hip and sexy story.
“it was murder putting Blue Murder down … an excellent read” Martin Knight

Blue Murder 'Chelsea till I die' : Mark Worrall : Head Hunter Books: isbn 1-906085-00-5
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ONE MAN WENT TO MOW - One Man Went To Mow’, the eagerly anticipated follow up to Mark Worrall’s cult terrace classic, ‘Over Land and Sea’, chronicles the ongoing adventures of a colourful group of Chelsea supporters as they follow their teams quest for glory. In true gloriously unpredictable fashion, the season unravels against a backdrop of injuries, boardroom disquiet and growing media speculation about the future of the Special One, Mr Mourinho. Having retraced his Gate 17 roots, Marco sets out to explain the mythical concept of ‘Being Chels’, the peerless state of true blue mind that followers of Chelsea’s rivals struggle to come to terms with.

From Sofia to Barcelona, Bremen to Porto, Valencia to Liverpool and Stamford Bridge to Wembley, ‘One Man Went To Mow’, is a uniquely entertaining, vibrant and fascinating fly on the wall travelogue of one fans near religious quest for footballing redemption.

‘Poignant, funny and 100% Chelsea. A top read.’ Kerry Dixon

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CHELSEA HERE CHELSEA THERE - Picture the scene, August 25th 1984, Highbury Stadium, London. Thousands upon thousands of expectant Chelsea fans have congregated at the stately home of aristocratic Arsenal to celebrate the return of the Blues to the old First Division.

Set against a detailed background recalling life in Thatcherite Britain, Chelsea Here Chelsea There is a flawless time capsule for Blues fans seeking a trip down memory lane or those on the lookout for enlightenment in the ways of the old school.

Mark Worrall, Kelvin Barker and David Johnstone’s assemblage of fascinating player interviews, rare and previously unseen photographs and the anecdotal recollections of a broad cross section of Blues fans present on that special day give Chelsea Here Chelsea There an endearingly nostalgic flavour and the cover photo of Kerry Dixon celebrating his goal is the defining image of 80s Chelsea.

Chelsea here Chelsea there
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CFCUK - cfcuk, renowned as the ‘peoples’ publication, has been on the streets since May 1999 when it was originally launched as Matthew Harding’s Blue And White Army. Chelsea Football Fanzine, ‘the best of cfcuk’ Volume One, takes a look back at the first fifty issues showcasing a fascinating selection of articles, interviews and editorial material featured between May 1999 and September 2005. From 'fighting' Ken Bates to ‘loving’ Mr Abramovich, Chelsea Football Fanzine reflects the changing views and opinions of supporters who followed the Blues during one of the most turbulent and ultimately glorious periods in the Clubs history.

"It just goes to show you what a gang of tattooed misfits can do if they put their minds to it."
Bruce Buck, Chelsea Chairman

"God Bless the cfcuk Chelsea fanzine and long may it blossom, for all the fantastic effort put in by those associated with it."
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An anthology based on the Mark's writings for CFCnet and the legendary cfcuk fanzine, "Chelsea Chronicles - volume one" - captures in heartfelt, humorous, diary-format prose a period in Blues history when many fans couldn't quite believe what was going on at Stamford Bridge. From the glory of the back-to-back title under Mourinho, through the ridiculous reigns of Grant and Scolari, and ending with the FA Cup victory with Hiddink at the helm, Chelsea Chronicles - volume one - provides the reader with an articulate and hugely entertaining insight into True Blue life.

Remember Asier del Horno? How about Maniche?!! There's a tribute to Super Frank (Sinclair),a homage to Tones Bar and a fiendish assessment of Peter Kenyon's abilities as a CEO interspersed with European travels to Transylvania, Sofia, Turin, Moscow and plenty more besides which get that 'Over Land and Sea' touch and make you feel a part of the constantly unfolding drama. The surreal meeting with Avram Grant in the "So Bar" a couple of weeks after he had been fired is worth the purchase price alone, as is the genuinely touching tribute to the late, great, King of Stamford Bridge, Peter Osgood which wraps up this excellent first volume of Chelsea Chronicles and makes it a must-read title for Blues fans old and new.

"Now I understand the true meaning of Glorious Unpredictability." David Cameron

"Gate 17 wearing David Moyes masks in the Imperial after the Cup Final win over Everton - I'm still crying with laughter at the photo - brilliant stuff." Kerry Dixon

"I'm just glad I'm not in it, God help me if Chelsea Chronicles - volume two - ever gets published." Ronald Gourlay
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CHELSEA CHRONICLES - VOLUME TWO
 
Chelsea Chronicles – volume two - is the second in the series of ‘best of’ anthologies by Blues author Mark Worrall and comprises of articles written specifically for the legendary cfcuk fanzine.

Highly decorated Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti has taken over at Stamford Bridge and once again supporters hopes are raised, though as with all things Chelsea, no-one is quite sure what exactly is going to happen, and winning the Double isn't on anyone’s agenda. Surprise, surprise then when it happens and Chelsea Chronicles - volume two – outlines how True Blue life maps out for the fans from a supporters perspective.

Remember Florent Malouda’s Inflatable Army? How about spanking Arsenal 3-0 at the Emirates? There's a tribute to Robert Fleck, a homage to Ken Bates and a premonition of the fallout of Ray Wilkins sacking interspersed with some great photos and accounts of European travels to Nicosia, Madrid, Milan and plenty more besides which all get that 'Over Land and Sea' treatment. 

Chelsea Chronicles – volume two – concludes with the inevitable sacking of Ancelotti and a tribute to the greatly missed Matthew Harding.
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CHELSEA CHRONICLES - VOLUME THREE

With Carlo Ancelotti the latest manager to exit Stamford Bridge unceremoniously, the stage is set fair for the arrival of young pretender Andre Villas-Boas – it’s a disaster waiting to happen – but as is often the case, glorious unpredictability looms large and this latest series of Chelsea Chronicles details, from a fans perspective, the visceral highs and lows as the managerial pendulum swings too and fro and the Blues go gathering cups in May. Villas-Boas, Di Matteo, Benitez. Despite becoming Champions of Europe and records tumbling, there is a sense of injustice and frustration which was conveyed to Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in the form of an open letter and that can be found here along with tributes to Frank Lampard, Mikel John Obi and terrace legend Peter Webb. Chelsea Chronicles – volume three – concludes with the return of Jose Mourinho and the tragic death of Uti Thakkar, aka Sir Larry, who was an integral part of the Gate 17 crew and featured in many articles and books that Mark has written over the years.
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THE RED HAND GANG - In ten years he will be forty. Half a lifetime gone. He spent his twenties working with young people born onto council estates in South London. He has booked a week off work to walk the length of the Thames. Each night, after twenty miles of walking, he experiences wild dreams from the carriages of London tube trains: sometimes unabandoned freedom and at other times utter torment - where his deepest fears surface. The voice of his Creator has inspired him to walk. Seagull Si, the only one who can read a map, accompanies him alongside cousin Larry who has just returned from the biggest slum in Africa. As they walk the Thames path they reminisce about their spiritual upbringing, their teenage decisions to follow Jesus and subsequent discovery of Cutting Edge gigs on England's South Coast. Can they make a difference in the world they live in They know their lives are not a dress rehearsal. They only get one chance. The next ten years count.

PASSION. CORRUPTION. DETERMINATION. DEVASTATION. THE RED HAND IS THE COLOUR OF JUSTICE. THIS ANTI-NESTLE FOOT SOLDIER OF FAITH WILL NEVER EAT SHREDDED WHEAT.

"This is a very heartfelt piece of writing full of passion which will be passed onto the reader. The idea of parallel journeys, underground and overground, is clever and gives the story a deeper meaning. I also liked the Biblical quotes, the pride in belief, the decency of the characters." 
John King, author of The Football Factory, The Prison House and White Trash.

"From the carriages of the London Underground to the slums of Kaberi, Kenya – this passionate and creative journey pushes you to the limits of both hope and despair. Anger and compassion entwine throughout – creating shocks and tears in equal measure. Though the style may at times offend, you will be inspired – because for a generation hungry for change it’s a “must read then do something” book."  
Paul Sanderson MBE. 

"Readers familiar with the Chelsea Football Club fanzine cfcuk will need no introduction to the literary talents of Walter Otton, and SW6 folk will delight in the Blues related anecdotal stories. For those who do not subscribe to cfcuk or follow the Boys in Blue, fear not - if you enjoy the work of John King, Martin Knight, Irvine Welsh and Joseph Conrad - you will love The Red Hand Gang."
Mark Worrall

The Red Hand Gang
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CELERY - Kelvin Barker was just five years old when he stood on Stamford Bridge’s famous Shed End terrace for the first time in December 1970. Chelsea beat Newcastle United 1-0 that day, although Kelvin, standing just two foot tall, was able to see precious little of the action. Nevertheless, it heralded the beginning of a love affair which lasts to this very day.

By the time the Eighties arrived, Kelvin was a fully paid-up member of the blue army, and had already witnessed more ups and downs than an average adult movie as a result, and it got a whole lot worse before it got better. But it did get better, and in Celery! – Representing Chelsea in the 1980s, Kelvin has gathered together the thoughts and recollections of twelve star performers of the time, to add to his own memories of an incredible decade for the Blues. 

From his own amusing tales of hugging skipper Colin Pates on the hallowed Stamford Bridge turf and serenading Bob Geldof in the King’s Road, through to the incredible behind-the-scenes stories as told by the players themselves – the mysterious case of Mickey Thomas’ disappearing gold chain, how a kick in the head made Joey Jones a fans’ favourite, the role physio Norman Medhurst’s hair played in David Speedie’s departure from the club, and many more – this book lays bare the facts of representing Chelsea in the 1980s, as recalled by those who were there.
CELERY!

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chelsea Chronicles Volume Four - 3rd June 2013. Groundhog Day. Jose Mourinho is back at Stamford Bridge. The Messiah returns. Is Jose still special? Can he deliver a second time around? The media are in a frenzy, and Blues supporters are daring to dream of silverware and lording it against their rivals. It all starts well enough of course, but Chelsea being Chelsea nothing goes quite as planned and, as per usual, glorious unpredictability is lurking where it’s least expected. From Stamford Bridge to Selhurst Park, with schadenfreud aplenty, relive the white-knuckle rollercoaster ride that is the 2013-2014 season. 
CHELSEA CHRONICLES - VOLUME FOUR

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